Mantis shrimp??
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1.) Mantis shrimp will kill each other if your place more than one in a tank, with the exception of very few species that would make pairs for life, but it has to be a male/female obviously. The only one I know of that pairs is the Lysiosquillina maculata which grow very large and are spearers. If you have a large tank though you can always split it with a big piece of acrylic or glass in between the 2 sides with some holes in it though if you wanted 2 different mantis shrimp.
2.) The only species that can break glass are the large smashing species like Odontodactylus scyllarus. They can destroy the seam on the corners and when they run into something (the bottom of your tank usually) they will keep smashing it until its gone. That's why you put these in an acrylic tank.
3.) A smasher's main diet are shrimp, crabs, and snails snails, not fish. So you can usually keep fish with one of them but you are unable to keep a clean up crew. I've kept fish with both of my peacock mantis shrimp without any problems. Likewise a spearer's main diet is fish, so you can't keep fish with them but you could keep a clean up crew.
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0 They will redecorate your tank, moving pieces of rubble (which you should provide) so things like corals need to be glued down unless you want it to disappear.
2.) The only species that can break glass are the large smashing species like Odontodactylus scyllarus. They can destroy the seam on the corners and when they run into something (the bottom of your tank usually) they will keep smashing it until its gone. That's why you put these in an acrylic tank.
3.) A smasher's main diet are shrimp, crabs, and snails snails, not fish. So you can usually keep fish with one of them but you are unable to keep a clean up crew. I've kept fish with both of my peacock mantis shrimp without any problems. Likewise a spearer's main diet is fish, so you can't keep fish with them but you could keep a clean up crew.
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0 They will redecorate your tank, moving pieces of rubble (which you should provide) so things like corals need to be glued down unless you want it to disappear.
